. >> governor, how important was hurricane sandy to this whole story? romney had tremendous momentum after all three debates, okay. then comes hurricane sandy. the romney campaign is basically suspended for about five days. you've got president obama looking presidential and getting a bear hug with governor christie of new jersey. how much do you think that hurt the romney operation? >> larry, it froze the race in place for five or six days as you pointed out. the governor canceled several events in virginia as did the president. right thing to do. it did stem that tide of momentum i think a little bit in virginia. and certainly gave the president the chance to dominate a few news cycles to do what they needed to do and fema did a good job. even though most of the efforts state and local governments, president was out there doing the right thing. partisanship goes out the window during natural disasters. it hurt governor romney because he had five days he couldn't do anything. hopefully that won't hurt him in virginia. i still think we win by a couple.